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Taken in Swan Lake in Sumter S.C. . . . Royal White Mute Swans is the name, (British Isles to Mongolia, North American, Australia, South Africa, China, and New Zealand). . The Mute Swan was introduced to North America, Australia, South Africa, China, and New Zealand after being bred in the British Isles to Mongolia. Most winter within their breeding range while others go South in the Southern U.S.A., Mediterranean and Southwest Asia. The female (pen) lays four to eight greenish blue eggs in a nest of huge piles of reed stems, leaves, roots and sticks. This material is located on a bank or an island, or in shallow water. Both birds gather the material, but the female builds the nest. Incubation is usually by the female alone within 35-40 days. Mute swans can weigh as much as 20 pounds, and are one of the largest birds known to the British Isles. Their normal life span is 6-7 years, but there have been records of Mutes over 20 years old.
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